Known For
Directing
Born
Nov 10, 1937
Died
Oct 01, 2025
Place of Birth
Budapest, Hungary
Credits
21 titles
Judit Elek
Biography
Judit Elek (10 November 1937 - 1 October 2025) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. She has directed 16 films between 1962 and 2006. Her film Mária-nap was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. She graduated in 1961 from the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest (now the University of Theatre and Film Arts Budapest), and joined Mafilm as an assistant director. She is one of the founders of the Béla Balász Studio for young filmmakers. Between 1962 and 2011, she made multiple short films, documentaries and features. The renowned film Mária-nap (1984) screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. She was also one of the participants in the IFFR jubilee project 25 Encounters. Elek’s films are the subject of a focus programme at IFFR 2023, featuring titles such as Találkozás (1963), Kastélyok lakói (1966) and Istenmezején, 1972-73-ban (1974).
Known For
Filmography
After All the Dead Sing Again...
Director
Retrace
Director
Negative history of Hungarian cinema
Self
The Eighth Day of the Week
Director
Elie Wiesel Goes Home
Director
A Free Man – The Life of Ernő Fisch
Director
Awakening
Director
Memories of a River
Director
Maria's Day
Director
Maybe Tomorrow
Director
The Trial of Martinovics and the Hungarian Jacobins
Director
A Commonplace Story
Director
Nobody's Daughter
Writer
On the Field of God in 1972-73
Director
Tamás Cseh: The First Photo
Director
We Will Meet in 1972 – In Dark and in Light
Director
The Lady from Constantinople
Director
How Long Does Man Live?
Director
Castle Dwellers
Director
Encounter
Director
Tiszta lap
Jázmin Televízió